pteryla
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pter·y·la
(tĕr'ə-lə) 
n., pl., -lae (-lē', -lī').
An area on the skin of a bird from which feathers grow.
n., pl., -lae (-lē', -lī').
An area on the skin of a bird from which feathers grow.
[New Latin : Greek pteron, wing, feather; see -pter + Greek hūlē, forest, matter.]
Saunders Veterinary Dictionary:
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pterylae
Tracts on the skin of birds into which feathers are implanted and which establish the pattern of the plumage of that bird for that molt.
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